Sky News takes a deep dive into the 2015 Liberal leadership spill

Sky News has taken a deep dive into the 2015 Liberal leadership spill, which saw Malcolm Turnbull win a party room ballot against the then-prime minister Tony Abbott.
Mr Abbott received 44 votes while Mr Turnbull took 54.
Mr Turnbull seized his opportunity in September 2015 as Mr Abbott was sinking in the polls after losing 30 consecutive Newspolls.
“Everyone knew that Malcolm was ambitious, that he wanted to be prime minister,” former home affairs minister Karen Andrews told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“Of course, he was going to be looking at what the opportunities were for him to again put himself forward.”

[@davewalter1216]

With very few exceptions, we seem to get the very worst of politicians in both major parties. They come across as lying, devious and totally unconcerned with anything but their own careers, and that lack of concern includes the Australian people. The fact that the Greens are even worse is no consolation. Chris Uhlmann got it exactly right - our political class has abandoned the Australian people.

[@franktully3065]

The way Pyne was propped up with an insane, refitted French subs plan still utterly disgusts me.

[@eb2505]

McGrath doesn’t seem aware that really he should he was a poor judge of character. It’s easy for him now to bag Turnbull, but if I as a normal voting pleb could see Turnbull’s flaws writ large, what does this say of the cabinet who couldn’t, and what level of contempt for the voters that they displayed don’t they understand ?
They are still lost and if it wasn’t enough for them to have rolled a PM they go one further and jettison all traces of conservatism and embrace a fiend like scomo who oversaw the tyranny of Covid. They are dead to me as a party now.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

So much damage by Turnbull.

[@marks2997]

A very good reminder of where Susan Lley’s allegiances lied. Suddenly it makes more sense.

[@eb2505]

No wonder I never felt right about her in this current government.

[@SerpentineUsurper]

Best PM we never had, kind of.

[@dirkdiggler5763]

Only part I remember was when Paul Murray had a monumental dummy spit over it 😏

[@sirstiffpilchard]

Turnbull was always ambititious

[@franktully3065]

I sincerely hope not only Abbott but his party have "listened and learned" from the referendum result and now publicly and unequivocally reject Constitutional Recognition. I haven't heard Dutton do so, he's merely gone quiet about it.

[@cyberprince8272]

Let’s hope the LNP remains in opposition for a long long time.

[@deanhays6115]

Let's hope your wrong